Textured Brush Options - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

Note: If you increase the count without increasing the spacing or scattering values, painting performance may decrease.
Count Jitter and Control
maximum percentage of brush marks applied at each spacing interval, enter a value. To specify how you want to
control the count variance of brush marks, choose an option from the Control pop-up menu:
• Specifies no control over the count variance of brush marks.
Off
• Fades the number of brush marks from the Count value to 1 in the specified number of steps.
Fade
•
Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel, Rotation
tilt, position of the pen thumbwheel, or rotation of the pen.
See also
"Adding brush dynamics" on page 478
"To create a brush and set painting options" on page 475

Textured brush options

A textured brush uses a pattern to make strokes look as if they are painted on textured canvas.
Brush strokes without texture (left) and with texture (right
Click the pattern sample and select a pattern from the pop-up palette. Set one or more of the following options:
Invert Inverts the high and low points in the texture based on the tones in the pattern. When Invert is selected, the
lightest areas in the pattern are the low points in the texture and therefore receive the least paint; the darkest areas in
the pattern are the high points in the texture and therefore receive the most paint. When Invert is deselected, the
lightest areas in the pattern receive the most paint; the darkest areas in the pattern receive the least paint.
Specifies the scale of the pattern. Type a number, or use the slider to enter a value that is a percentage of the
Scale
pattern size.
Specifies whether or not to render each tip individually as it is painted. When this option is not
Texture Each Tip
selected, the Depth variance options are not available.
Mode Specifies the blending mode used to combine the brush and the pattern. (See "About blending modes" on
page 410.)
Specifies how deeply the paint penetrates into the texture. Type a number, or use the slider to enter a value.
Depth
At 100%, the low points in the texture do not receive any paint. At 0%, all points in the texture receive the same
amount of paint, therefore hiding the pattern.
Specifies how the number of brush marks varies for each spacing interval. To specify the
Varies the number of brush marks based on the pen pressure, pen
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